PLANetizen http://www.planetizen.com
PLANetizen is a public-interest information exchange for the urban planning and development community. We provide a daily, one-stop source for urban planning news, job opportunities, commentary and events.
Brookings Institute http://www.brookings.org
Brookings has attempted to improve the performance of American institutions by analyzing emerging public policy problems and offering practical remedies for them in books, reports, and articles available to policymakers, experts, and the general public.
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy http://www.lincolninst.edu/main.html
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a nonprofit and tax-exempt educational institution established in 1974. Its mission as a school is to study and teach about land policy, including land economics and land taxation.
The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) http://www.iedconline.org
IEDC, which celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, has played a leadership role in the advances that have been made in economic development practice over the last three decades of addressing these issues.
School of Design Real Estate Club http://www.penndesignrealestate.com/Home.html
The Real Estate Cclub provides a platform for mentoring, speakers, panels, site visits, resume promotion, and career strategizing. Through the many resources it seeks to demonstrate how the interdisciplinary curriculum of PennDesign uniquely corresponds to the nature of real estate development and community building today.
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning http://www.acsp.org/
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) is a consortium of university-based programs offering credentials in urban and regional planning.
Van Alen Institute http://www.vanalen.org/
The mission of Van Alen Institute is to improve the design of the public realm.
America 2050 http://www.america2050.org/
America 2050 is a national initiative to meet the infrastructure, economic development and environmental challenges of the nation as we prepare to add 120 million additional Americans by the year 2050.
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA) http://www.urisa.org/
URISA is non-profit association of professionals using information technology to solve problems in planning, public works, the environment, emergency services, utilities and throughout state and local governments.
Cyburbia http://www.cyburbia.org/
Cyburbia (formerly called PAIRC - The Planning and Architecture Internet Resource Center) contains a comprehensive directory of Internet resources relevant to planning, architecture, built environment. Cyburbia also contains information about architecture and planning related mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups, and hosts several interactive message areas.
Transportation Research Board (TRB) http://www.nationalacademies.org/trb/
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) is a unit of the National Research Council, a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. The Board's mission is to promote innovation and progress in transportation by stimulating and conducting research, facilitating the dissemination of information, and encouraging the implementation of research results.
Center City District (Phila) http://www.centercityphila.org/
At the heart of Philadelphia's business district, the Center City District (CCD) serves an 100 block area, from the Liberty Bell to Amtrak's 30th Street Station, that is frequented daily by half a million employees, residents, tourists and shoppers. The CCD supplements municipal services by providing maintenance, public safety, hospitality and promotional programs and capital improvements in an area that contains some of the finest office buildings, hotels, shopping, restaurants, theaters, cultural and educational institutions, homes and historic sites in the United States.
Philadelphia City Planning Commission http://www.philaplanning.org/
The City Planning Commission is responsible for guiding the orderly growth and development of the City of Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania State Data Center (PaSDC) http://pasdc.hbg.psu.edu/index.html
The PaSDC is the Commonwealth's official source of demographic and economic data.
Foundation for Architecture (Chicago) http://www.architecture.org/
The Chicago Architecture Foundation [CAF] is dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture and related design. CAF pursues this mission through a comprehensive program of exhibitions, tours, special events, youth education programs and lectures all designed to enhance the public's awareness and appreciation of Chicago's outstanding architectural legacy.
Regional Plan Association (RPA) http://www.rpa.org
The Regional Plan Association has worked since 1929 to improve the quality of life in the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut Metropolitan area by creating long-term plans and promoting their implementation across political boundaries. On the basis of professional research, the Association recommends policy improvements, fosters cooperation among various government and private organizations,and involves the public in considering and shaping its own future.
Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) http://www.ite.org/
The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), an international individual member educational and scientific association, is one of the largest and fastest-growing multimodal professional transportation organizations in the world. ITE members are traffic engineers, transportation planners and other professionals who are responsible for meeting society's needs for safe and efficient surface transportation through planning, designing, implementing, operating and maintaining surface transportation systems worldwide.
American Planning Association (APA) and American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) http://www.planning.org
The American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, are organized to advance the art and science of planning and to foster the activity of planning -- physical, economic, and social -- at the local, regional, state, and national levels. The objective of the Association is to encourage planning that will contribute to public well-being by developing communities and environments that meet the needs of people and society more effectively.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) http://www.hud.gov/
HUD's mission is to provide "...a decent, safe, and sanitary home and suitable living environment for every American."
The Urban Land Institute http://www.uli.org/
The mission of the Urban Land Institute is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land to enhance the total environment.
HUD USER http://www.huduser.org/
HUD USER is "an information source for housing and community development researchers and policymakers. HUD USER is the primary source for Federal Government reports and information on housing policy and programs, building technology, economic development, urban planning, and other housing-related topics. HUD USER also creates and distributes a wide variety of useful information products and services."
